Chapter 249: The Ultimate Limit Breakthrough of Body Tempering

Under Yang Xiong's arrangement, Oscar made a large amount of Super Recovery Big Sausage for everyone to eat.

Even Dai Mubai and Tang San and others took many Sausages from Oscar; they, like Oscar, have been classmates for years, and even Oscar could not bear to see them struggle with the assessment.

Yang Xiong took out many items from the Soul Guidance Device, cut beast hide with needle and thread to make a pouch that can be strapped to the arm, placed Super Recovery Big Sausage inside and fastened it so that even the impact of waves wouldn't wash it away; during Tidal Body Forging, one can simply lower the head to eat the Sausage, fully using the gaps between waves to eat quickly.

Everyone was unusually delighted by Yang Xiong's design; each person made a small pouch, and even Tang San and the others copied it.

In the following three months, with each round of Tidal Body Forging, everyone's daily Tidal Body Forging time began to increase steadily, rising by several times compared to the start.

Especially with the help of the Super Recovery Big Sausage, they could endure the Body Tempering process for longer periods.

After a full three months, Ning Rongrong and the seven people each saw their daily endurance time climb, from just over two hours at the start to about seven hours, which was already close to each person's current limit.

Unexpectedly, the longest endurance thereafter belonged to Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu.

These two girls, though only Soul Emperors, have actually reached Level 70, lacking only a Soul Ring.

Especially, their personalities are extremely resilient; Tidal Body Forging has a huge effect on them, resulting in visibly significant growth.

Of course, the reason they endure longer than others is another factor.

According to Yang Xiong's rule, after each Tidal Body Forging reaches its limit, everyone basically passes out, but once they recover even slightly, they must resume Tidal Body Forging without any relaxation.

Whether it's the Sausages provided by Oscar or the expensive herbs Yang Xiong occasionally brings out, they can quickly restore everyone.

Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu have special martial souls; after each faint they recover the fastest, so in terms of endurance they even surpass everyone else.

Yang Xiong's daily Tidal Body Forging time also began to increase; at first he could only endure fourteen hours, but after three months he could generally last sixteen hours each day.

Purely in terms of physical quality improvement, Yang Xiong even surpassed Ning Rongrong and the others; as one approaches the limit, further gains become harder, yet Yang Xiong steadily improves, adding about half an hour to an hour each month.

Even Bo Saixi cast a sideways glance; now among everyone only Yang Xiong's condition can guarantee passing the assessment, yet he seems completely unsatisfied, apparently still pursuing longer daily Tidal Body Forging.

When the time reached about five months, everyone was nearing the assessment's required duration, especially Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, who could each reach roughly nine hours, showing they are steadily breaking their own limits.

After a full eleven months, there was still about a month left before the final Tidal Body Forging.

That day Huo Wu seemed even more solemn than usual; normally she could now endure twelve hours of Tidal Body Forging each day, the longest among everyone.

Especially after each Tidal Body Forging session, she only rested four or five hours, quickly devouring the Super Recovery Big Sausage and the herbs Yang Xiong prepared, then immediately rejoined the forging, a demeanor that made the boys somewhat embarrassed.

Even Feng Xiaotian felt deeply sympathetic, and he himself tried to persist in order to spend more time with Huo Wu.

This time Huo Wu's eyes were filled with resolve; she seemed to have a death‑facing spirit.

She brought nothing this time, not even a Super Recovery Big Sausage, and stood directly on the Chen Yin Pillar.

After a full twelve hours, Huo Wu was now exhausted, her entire body's soul power depleted and filled with pain.

Yet at this moment Huo Wu appeared wildly unbridled, as if recalling the feeling of facing the blazing Huo Wu that once struck her, a constant readiness for death.

Under her gritted‑teeth perseverance, when the sixteenth hour arrived, Huo Wu, under the sea's onslaught, seemed to undergo a metamorphosis in an instant, like a blaze, full of resentment toward the ocean and still wildly unbridled.

In that instant, the flames seemed to transform, especially when Bo Saixi carried Huo Wu back to land; she was enveloped entirely by flames that could not be extinguished, like hellfire.

Moreover, the flames contained endless golden light, as if a certain metamorphosis had been completed.

Yang Xiong, watching Huo Wu's condition, was somewhat stunned; it was not only the change of her flames but also a change of her martial soul. It seemed that at that instant her martial soul truly achieved full awakening, and under the stimulation of Sea God's Power and her relentless effort, she finally completed the ultimate metamorphosis.

Yang Xiong was certain that this must be the true Second Awakening of her original martial soul, and that it was a golden‑grade awakening.

Yang Xiong glanced at Huo Wu, feeling intensely fiery; Tidal Body Forging truly was what he had always pursued, and if Huo Wu could awaken, he could certainly achieve another awakening.

Yang Xiong was seen standing once again on the Chen Yin Pillar, now more resolute and confident than before.

Facing the waves' repeated blows, the extreme pain in his body, and every muscle feeling assaulted, Yang Xiong stood proudly on the Chen Yin Pillar, showing no sign of retreat.

As time passed, Yang Xiong lost track of how long he had remained on the Chen Yin Pillar, only sensing that the surrounding people left and returned to the Chen Yin Pillar repeatedly.

During this process, Yang Xiong seemed completely out of control, his body no longer obeying him, yet he persisted solely on vague consciousness.

Even an endless hunger surged from his body, his entire soul seemed struck by the waves, and he persisted only on his final will.

At that final moment, towering waves laced with boundless power crashed onto him; it seemed as if the whole ocean struck Yang Xiong, like a Divine Sense, or perhaps Bo Saixi's Sea God martial soul.

But Yang Xiong gritted his teeth; even though his Soul Ring Soul Bone Skill was restrained by the Chen Yin Pillar, his whole body emitted endless blood‑red light—not soul power nor a Killing Domain, but boundless killing intent emanating from his core.

The killing intent resembled a blood‑red giant, its eyes blood‑shot, shooting a terrifying crimson beam that collided with the massive waves, as if a giant faced the ocean, as if a giant faced a Divine Sense.

Yang Xiong felt that in that instant, he unconsciously broke some shackles; both his spirit power and bodily strength seemed to surpass limits, all his humeri merging into a whole, achieving a special metamorphosis.

The previously restrained martial soul suddenly manifested; Yang Xiong's body, once entirely blood‑red, now contained countless golden patterns within the crimson.

At that moment, the golden patterns seemed to push to the limit, covering his whole body; finally all the golden patterns broke through some shackles, linking together, turning his entire body into gold, resembling a golden giant.

The people on shore were extremely astonished, and the most surprised among them was Tang San; at that moment he sensed that Yang Xiong was using the Purple Extreme Demon Eye, whose realm was so high it seemed to have broken into the legendary limit, reaching the fourth realm of the Purple Extreme Demon Eye: Vastness.

Even after years of hard training, Tang San knows the Purple Extreme Demon Eye rarely advances; even after absorbing a soul bone that day, he only entered the third realm, with no further progress thereafter.

Now, judging by the cultivation of the Purple Extreme Demon Eye, the two are on completely different levels.

What surprised Bo Saixi even more was that, following the Sea God's instructions to double the Tidal Body Forging for Yang Xiong, this process was meant to suppress Yang Xiong's soul power and martial soul.

But just now, in that instant, not only did she seem to lose control of the waves, but she also felt Yang Xiong's spirit power surge enormously, reaching the same realm as hers.

She should know she is a Level 99 Limit Douluo, while Yang Xiong is only a Quasi Soul Douluo; there is an insurmountable gap, yet in that instant she seemed to sense Yang Xiong becoming immensely powerful, as if his spirit power were on her own level.

What surprised her even more was that Yang Xiong's martial soul seemed to have reached the same realm as hers; even her Sea God martial soul, despite being on the ocean, could not suppress Yang Xiong.

On the sea, using the ocean's power, Bo Saixi's Sea God martial soul could even suppress Qian Daoliu's Six-Winged Angel martial soul, yet now it seems unable to restrain Yang Xiong's martial soul.

……

After an unknown amount of time, when Yang Xiong regained consciousness, he felt an unparalleled comfort throughout his body; his perception had greatly increased, his strength seemed to rise again, and he could see finer details around him, perceive the fluctuations of soul power in the air, and discern the essence of all things.

Bo Saixi looked at Yang Xiong, his expression changed, and said, "Yang Xiong, congratulations."

Yang Xiong quickly replied, "Thank you, senior, for your favor."

Bo Saixi shook his head, "I didn't grant you that; your strength and physique are stronger than I imagined, and the final moment just now wasn't me."

Yang Xiong asked in confusion, "If it wasn't the senior's pressure, then who was it just now? Could it be the Sea God?"

Bo Saixi, very solemn, said, "That instant must have been the Sea God's descent; only the Sea God possesses such great power and only the Sea God would watch over every resident of Sea God Island."

(End of chapter)